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Matramchigre Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Matramchigre is a medium size village located in Dadenggiri Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 78 families residing. The Matramchigre village has population of 358 of which 185 are males while 173 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Matramchigre village population of children with age 0-6 is 68 which makes up 18.99 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Matramchigre village is 935 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Matramchigre as per census is 659, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Matramchigre village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Matramchigre village was 33.10 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Matramchigre Male literacy stands at 41.67 % while female literacy rate was 24.66 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Matramchigre village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Matramchigre village.

Matramchigre Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 78 - -
Population 358 185 173
Child (0-6) 68 41 27
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 351 182 169
Literacy 33.10 % 41.67 % 24.66 %
Total Workers 184 85 99
Main Worker 93 - -
Marginal Worker 91 3 88

Caste Factor

In Matramchigre village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.04 % of total population in Matramchigre village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Matramchigre village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Matramchigre village out of total population, 184 were engaged in work activities. 50.54 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 49.46 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 184 workers engaged in Main Work, 85 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.